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Ackers Adventure: grid electricity update

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Since Community Energy Birmingham installed solar PV in 2012, Ackers Adventure has halved its use of grid electricity at its ABC administration block,. The reduction is similar to the output from the solar array, meaning that virtually 100% of the electricity generated from the solar panels … Continue reading →

Ackers Adventure welcomes a second PV array

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Ackers Adventure has had a second 10 kilowatt solar PV array installed, this time on their residential centre.   This is a particularly exciting installation as it is so suited to the building’s use. Parties stay there for the adventurous activities, and they use a … Continue reading →

Update on Solar PV at Moseley Exchange

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Community Energy Birmingham has recently raised £35,000 from short-term loans to install 18kW of solar PV panels at the Moseley Exchange in the centre of Moseley Village.   We are currently finalising the lease that will allow us to rent the roof space at the Exchange … Continue reading →

Planned Solar PV Installation at the Moseley Exchange, 149 – 153 Alcester Road, B13 8JP

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CEB is ready to install 70 solar PV panels on the roof of the Moseley Exchange, which is well-known to many people as the home of Moseley Community Development Trust. The CDT provides valuable support for many local community activities and groups, as well as leading … Continue reading →

Pioneers into Practice: supporting Community Energy Birmingham

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by John Newson The placement was from Balsall Heath Is Our Planet, where I normally work as development officer to Community Energy Birmingham – a renewable energy co-op, also in Birmingham. The funding of my time was from the EU Climate KIC (knowledge innovation community). Community Energy … Continue reading →

CoRE50 responds to BIS ‘Red Tape Challenge’

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Like many other UK co-operators, the directors of CoRE50 were troubled to hear that the government were considering reducing the existing protection of the name ‘co-operative’, and felt strongly that we ought to respond:

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Sustainable energy in Freiburg: power to the people!

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I was delighted earlier this year when my supervisors told me an opportunity had come up for me to go on a trip to Freiburg in Germany; an exemplar city for environmental sustainability. They also told me I had to finish a thesis chapter before … Continue reading →

Ackers PV: positive news coverage from Birmingham Post

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Ackers PV launch a local success

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Today, representatives from CoRE50 and E.ON joined with students from three local schools to celebrate the introduction of renewable energy to Ackers Adventure. Together, they enjoyed E.ON’s interactive ‘Town of Total Darkness’ performance and investigated the photovoltaic system, which will save Ackers Adventure £400 per … Continue reading →

Community Energy Birmingham highly commended in SEWM awards

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After nine months of planning and a successful project under our belts, we were really pleased to be highly commended in the Social Enterprise West Midlands awards, in the Planet category. This was our first award, so we were very pleased – and hope to … Continue reading →

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